How To Install fbida-fbgs on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fbida-fbgs in Fedora 36. fbida-fbgs is Framebuffer Postscript Viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fbida-fbgs on Fedora 36.

What is `fbida-fbgs`

A wrapper script for viewing ps/pdf files on the framebuffer console using fbi

We can use yum or dnf to install fbida-fbgs on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fbida-fbgs.

Install fbida-fbgs on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fbida-fbgs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fbida-fbgs

Install fbida-fbgs on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install fbida-fbgs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fbida-fbgs

How To Uninstall fbida-fbgs on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the fbida-fbgs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fbida-fbgs

fbida-fbgs Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fbgs
/usr/share/licenses/fbida-fbgs
/usr/share/licenses/fbida-fbgs/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/fbgs.1.gz

References

fbida-fbgs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fbida-fbgs on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).